Validity in the Era of Competency-Based Health Professions Education: Tensions and Potential Solutions
Authors
Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
Professor of Medicine, Associate Director – Educator Development, Centre for Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of the Centre for Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa; Vice President of Education, The Ottawa Hospital
Associate Dean for Medical Education Research and Scholarship, Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, California
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
As members of the International Competency-Based Health Professions Education Collaborators
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2593 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 959 - 969
Submitted on: Mar 21, 2026
Accepted on: Jul 7, 2026
Published on: Sep 29, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2026 Michael S. Ryan, Claire Touchie, Jason R. Frank, H. Carrie Chen, Benjamin Kinnear, As members of the International Competency-Based Health Professions Education Collaborators, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.